English Techniques Allegory Story with a double meaning: one primary (on the surface) and one secondary. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters‚ figures/ events in narrative‚ dramatic or pictorial form. Alliteration Repetition of consonants at the start of words or in a sentence or phrase. Anaphora The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Anecdote A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. Illustrate
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strong but when merlvyen started drinking their love was cold and crushed and how they ended up separating. This represents how during 1935 women wanted to get married and would fight to get the best men‚ and would do anything to get him. This quote means that since the horses were used for military purposes. But the races conflicted with it because every one wanted to own a horse and affected the economy. Horses were used for gambling and they were being mistreated everyone would want too
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httpl/ /www.rockpebbles.inlISSNt 2230 - 8954 DIASPORIC SENSIBILITY IN THE NOVEL *THE NAMESAKE"BY ]UMPHA LAHIRI x Prakash Bhadury Abstract: The word ’Diaspora ’‚ etymologically means ’dispersal ’‚ and involves‚ at least two countries‚ two cultures‚ which are embedded in the mind of the migrants‚ side by side. Although the past is invoked now and then‚ the focus is persistently on the ’moment ’. The past is invoked to indicate a certain contrast‚ wliich must be incorporated‚ and
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Quote #1 “The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words‚ but they accepted his explanation‚ and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart. FOUR LEGS GOOD‚ TWO LEGS BAD‚ was inscribed on the end wall of the barn‚ above the Seven Commandments and in bigger letters (3.10‚ 3.11)” Big words bad‚ small words good: it’s easier to understand rules when they’re simple‚ but simple rules tend to gloss over the complexities of human society. Like‚ "don’t tell lies" is all well
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right‚ you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself‚ and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” -Marilyn Monroe- This quote to me means that everything happens for a reason and it is sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. I think that this quote says that Everything that happens in one way or another has a direct impact on who you are. How you look at and react to everything that happens around you goes into defining who you
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel The Namesake is the fictional narrative of Gogol Ganguli‚ a second generation immigrant in America‚ and his haunting feeling of not being able to identify with his name. Gogol feels that his name “has nothing to do with who he is‚ that it is neither Indian nor American but of all things Russian.” (Lahiri 70) This essay will argue that Gogol’s problematic relationship to his name stems from a need for a sense of belonging. Coming from a family that values their heritage
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ALLITERATION is the repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words. If the consonants are the same but the sounds are different they do not alliterate. eg. "...the grease that kisses the onions with a hiss." from WILLIAM STREET by Kenneth Slessor ALLUSION is the reference to well-known figures and/or other texts eg. "And thrice I heard the Cock crow thinking I knew it’s meaning well." from COCK CROW by Rosemary Dobson The reference here is to the denial of Jesus after his arrest by
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THEIVANAI AMMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN Cultural Identity In Jhumpa Lahiri’s THE NAMESAKE Jhumpa Lahiri‚ the author of The Namesake‚ was born in London‚ the daughter of Indian immigrants from the state of West Bengal. Her family moved to the United States when she was three. Lahiri grew up in Kingston‚ Rhode Island‚ where her father Amar Lahiri works as a librarian at the University of Rhode Island. When she began kindergarten in Kingston‚ Rhode Island‚ Lahiri ’s teacher decided
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Conteaza cine spune primul! Gustave Le Bon scria în cartea Psihologia multimilor: "Am spus ca una din caracteristicile generale ale multimilor este excesiva lor sugestibilitate si am aratat cât de contagioasa este osugestie în rândul oricarei aglomerari umane‚ care explica orientarea rapida a sentimentelor într-o directie determinata. Oricât de neutra am presupune-o‚ multimea se afla într-o stare de expectativa atenta‚ favorabila sugestiei. Prima sugestie formulata se impune imediat prin contagiune
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“You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.” -John Ford “Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you‚ say what you’ve got to say‚ and say it hot.” -D. H. Lawrence “Let thy speech be better than silence‚ or be silent.” -Dionysius Of Halicarnassus “What we say is important… for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” -Jim Beggs “If you can’t write your message in a sentence‚ you can’t say it in an hour.”
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